Purpose: This research was to investigate the mediating role of social support in the effect of perceived organizational support and psychological empowerment on career satisfaction in nurses.
Design and methods: This predictive study was carried out with 442 nurses in 2019. The research variables were analyzed factor analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis, Sobel tests.
Findings: The study, it was determined that social support had a partial mediating role in the effect of perceived organizational support on career satisfaction and that, similarly, social support had a partial mediating role in the effect of psychological empowerment on career satisfaction.
Practice implications: The variables of perceived organizational support, psychological empowerment and social support are important in increasing career satisfaction in the nursing profession, which has professional roles and responsibilities.
Keywords: career satisfaction; perceived organizational support; psychological empowerment; social support.
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